tons of fun! it's impressive what krome did with these HD remasters, clearly a lot of love went into them. they're even still being updated with new rangs, costumes, etc! it's incredibly comendable and it paid off cause similar to the original, i had a great time here! i remember a good bit of the original from when i was a kid, but i had forgotten if i played this one. when i booted into the hub world i instantly remembered it, especially that giant ramp. i didn't remember much beyond that, but i ran around the starting hub world for actual hours as a kid. it checks out, cause this is a really solid hub world! i do wish ty was maybe a bit faster, or at least had a dash/run button because it can feel a bit large for him but it's got some fun exploration to it and just sticks out as very memorable to me. the meat of the games is outside of the hub town, which is for the most part pretty solid! if you know me i actually kinda love platformers that do random vehicles/gameplay change ups/etc for no real reason and this game is FULL of that. there's a kart racer, mech combat, helicopter and submarine rescue missions. i fully understand not liking or wanting that but it is all ontop of a pretty solid 3d platformer if you're willing to get past it. i will say i do prefer the originals more standard approach to collectathon with a few big levels with multiple objectives compared to this games tiny little areas that are generally more linear. it was still fun, but it makes a lot of the platforming areas feel more uninteresting and stand out way less than the levels from the original. they're still decently fun, it's helped by ty feeling great to control and there being a ton of different rangs that felt fun to use. the mechs also are generally pretty fun, aside from the huge yellow one where the whole gimmick is lifting huge things. a game that already can feel a bit slow gets put to a complete stop at any of those sections and i did not like that mech at all. the 2 main standard ones were fun, and the special one you unlock for the final boss is super cool and a neat reward for getting to the end.

i don't know what it is about ty the tasmanian tiger in particular that just clicks with me so hard with these silly weird mascot 3d platformers! i've played a ton of them but for some reason everything about ty sticks out as a better time, to be fair the games (at least, the first and this) are solid games but really nothing THAT special in the grand scheme but something just works really well for me lol. if ur a 3d platformer freak like me i'd wholeheartedly recommend the original and this game! hopefully the third isn't as awful as some people say.